Yo Homes to Bel Air: A Retrospective of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- I have a confession to make. Of all the sitcoms I've done retrospectives on, this is the first one I genuinely watched like crazy when I was a kid. I thought Will Smith was the coolest guy in the world, and when I was trying to figure out which superhero should be my favourite, the idea that Will Smith read Spider-Man (on the show) was good enough for me.
While working on this video I made a prediction to myself on the future of Fresh Prince reboot, and I'm a little sad I couldn't get this video out before my prediction came true. That said, I'm happy to have included actual news instead of a prediction, so you all get accurate information instead of me puffing my chest out.
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The original title of this video was "Yo Home to Bel Air", and the title card in the video still reflects that. It's a reference to the title of the theme song. But since people are confusing it with when Will shouts out "Yo Homes to Bel Air" during the opening credits, I've changed it to the more memorable line.
And apologies for two errors in the video. I pronounced Nia Long's first name incorrectly, and the footage from the Eddie Murphy special I used is from Raw, not Delirious.
I was afraid that you rip the show apart because I loved it as a Kid to, luckily this video is more admiration then critic and I tear up a few times even so I am not very nostalgic, thanks for brining back the memories
@@sheepwool9319 Really? Jose never rips things apart--unless they're Ben Shapiro's novels. Even when it comes to the most unwatchable of '90s sitcoms (Fresh Prince is decidedly among the most watchable), far from ripping them apart, he mines them for gold.
@@freddychopin maybe I was wording things a little to strong, what I mean was that the other shows he talk about had a couple of flaws some pretty bad and I was afraid that The Fresh Prince of Bel Air hat some to that my younger self didn't realize and now the positive memory would be tainted
am I missing why you used holmes instead of homes, and dropped the comma after yo?
@@surfacerust it actually is "holmes"; "homes" is the alternate spelling, not the other way around. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/holmes
Uncle Phil is one of the greatest sitcom dads ever. The scene when Lou leaves, and you can see the emotion on Uncle Phil's face, because Will is hurting, gets to me every time.
That was such a powerful scene
Rather deal with Al bundy the guy would be a hoot to hang with and kick some ass
You got that right
Can't watch it without crying.
Everyone loves that scene and I understand why. But I actually think Will dials it up a bit too much; however, James is amazing.
The thing i liked the most about Uncle Phil in the scene were Will's dad runs out on him again, was that he didnt say anything. His character so often gave these great little speeches to his kids, to make them learn a lesson or realize a truth they had overlooked. But in that scene Uncle Phil didnt try to have some big speech about family, and love, and strength. He just stood there and gave his nephew a hug because that's what he needed more than anything else.
That’s my favorite scene in the entire show
He also said to Will after they finished the scene, "Now, that's acting....."
Another thing about this is that Uncle Phil just let's Will yell and be angry and feel all the emotions he's been bottling up since he was little. Normally if Will would've gotten that mad about something Phil would have said something about "being the bigger person" or "raising above your situation " but that's not what Will needs. Will needs to be able to feel all the stuff he normally just pushed down and Phil let's him do that. Gives him the space, the moment to do that. Yeah sure he had to let Will lash out vaguely in his direction but he knows his anger isn't with him and that once he gets past all that anger he'll finally be able to work past all the other things he feels about his father leaving. All the "unmanly" feelings he had used the anger to hide. And in the end Phil was still there, to love and support him. Honestly one of the best scenes of men supporting men out there
@@cutecat304 I fully agree and love how you put it
As a child whose father was very inconsistent in my life that scene breaks me every time. My dad (my stepdad) was often in the Uncle Phil role. He often was the one to hold me up when I cried or screamed about why my father didn’t want me.
One of the best scenes is when Carlton goes IN on the fraternity leader for calling him a “sellout”, because of how he grew up. As a Black man who had different interests growing up(didn’t grow up rich, but liked things that weren’t considered “Black”), Carlton’s speech has always resonated with me. “Being Black isn’t what I’m trying to be, it’s what I am.” Still hits home years later. It’s gotten better, but sadly, we still have some brothers and sisters with this mentality 😞
You racist
I was like Carlton
"If you don't vote in me, you ain't black" quote by the current President elected by many black americans
@@leonreborn1308 Between that and “There’s my African American” , seems like shit choices to me.
@@stevonwhite8933 Yup. Especially considering that one was successfully sued in the 70s for not renting to "Coloreds." He'd literally mark their file with a C for "colored" and toss their applications in the trash. That's real, intentional, old school racism. And everyone just glossed over it.
And people wonder why Biden won dispite his gaffes while trying to sound cool on the radio...
Fresh Prince of Bel Air has one of the best fourth wall breaks too
"If we so rich how come we don't have no ceiling"
😂😂
Who's gone play the mother this year
There's something different about you
@@nigelnyoni8265what the fuck are you on about
I want James Avery to tell me he's proud of me.
Or maybe he could tell at you...
"get them yooooou fools"
I’m proud of you, son.
Don’t lie, you just read that in his voice.
You’re welcome.
@@Arjay82 lol....that's the one, Perfect'
I think that’s all anyone wants.
Oh god, the "How come he don't want me, man" scene gets me every time. I can't /not/ tear up.
As someone who had a deadbeat dad too, I was sobbing so much I forgot I was watching Jose's video and not the show >.
Bruh.... that scene was so well done...
Every time. But I don't remember the statue being part of the scene. That really added to it..
Jose's theme song led me to believe there would be less ugly crying watching this video than there was at that point.
After all these years, I still cry HARD every time I see that scene. It was the moment I realized Will Smith had become an real actor. Excellent work and powerful subject matter. Makes me grateful to have the best, most supportive and loving Daddy!
Even though Will Smith has had an incredibly successful career and has appeared in Hollywood blockbusters, his absolute best performance will forever be in the "how come he don't want me man" scene in a TV sitcom. It really was the performance of a lifetime.
Pursuit of Happyness was a bit sappy but he gives a moving performance in that as well.
you never seen ali have you?
No it wasn't why do people always have to over do it 🙄
The performance of a lifetime is not what I would call it. But it definitely is a very moving and real scene, it gets me every time.
@@jayanthony2414 I mean it was smiths real emotions about his own father coming out, I understand how you can see it as over dramatic but I feel its just a dude that has a lot of feeling that needed to come out
I love all the fourth-wall breaks. "Who's playing the mother this year?" is my favorite
Also, "if we so rich, how come we ain't got no ceiling?" And when Carlton runs around crying after will "kills" Lisa lol
Baby Nicky got big...
Hahahaha the episode when they were talking about the one guy Will wouldn't fight and Will says "The dude that be spinning me over his head in the opening credits".
@@JaxLittlesThat’s a good one!
Uncle Phil and Uncle Iroh are everyone's favorite uncles
Uncle who ???
I love ATLA. Uncle iroh is my favorite
Both with fabulous beards
Both great
1000% agree~
Now, this is an essay all about how
Will Smith turned José's life around
And he'd like to take an hour
Just sit right there
He'll tell you how he became a fan of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
👏👏👏
You win
👏👏👏
Nice!
2nd3rd1st you may have started out 2nd, got 3rd, but you’re forever first now!
i cried when Uncle Phill spoke about Malcom X. wow. elevating the script aint even the word. man is a legend, forever one of my biggest role models.
What a nice surprise coming across you in the comments 😄 This is a great video!
@@Ultra1884 OMG haha!! how coooool, its the wonderful ULTRA!!!! love this video, come to watch it again :) never got a notification about this comment haha! hope your keeping well and staying safe :D
My mom abandoned me when I was 2. That episode with Will's dad was such a huge thing for me. Relating to a parent leaving, and the pain it can cause, made me cry my eyes put. It was nice to know I wasn't alone in that pain.
My mom died when I was 5. Imagine it has a similar suck feeling.
Just wondering if you have any contact or desire to see your birth mother?
I don't understand God's plan but I really hope his plan has a purpose I can't see.
I almost asked what color you were. After thinking about pain has no color.
I lived in Los Angeles for 10 years and honestly seeing James Avery in a vegetarian restaurant was my all-time favorite celebrity sighting. RIP Uncle Phil.
*_pft_*_ If we so rich, how come we can’t afford a roof?_
THAT WAS THE BEST LINE LMFAOOO 💀💀💀
That scene alone is still one my top favorite scenes in this show. 😂
Well, Will, we're trying to pay for that fourth wall you just broke.
I remember seeing this on tv as a kid and dying of laughter
man, it’s even funnier the 8th comment in a row!
I watched this right after the Cosby one... I really do suggest that! The contrast between the affluence of the family on the Cosby show and the Fresh Prince family is amazing. The writing and the topics are vastly different and it's really eye opening.
one likely required the other to exist
I did the same thing!
Doing the same thing!
When they went over that "Will's dad leaving again" episode, I tried so hard not to cry. Not only cause it reminds me of my life and the fact that my real dad left me and mom when i was young, but because Uncle Phil reminds me of my Step-Dad. And on top of that with James Avery sadly being gone, that ep hits close to home for that reason as well. Cause not only was he the dad to the Banks family, but us 90s kids felt like he was our dad as well. And because of how much Uncle Phil reminds me of my Step-Dad, and how much of a father he's become to me as well, this ep and show will always hit me with the feels.
That classic scene with Will and Uncle Phil about Lou still makes me cry. What a powerful performance by both of them.
I know - I just started tearing up hard watching that scene again here. Such raw emotion. You can see exactly what's going through Uncle Phil's mind the whole time - his heart breaks for Will, as Will's heart is also breaking. Really powerful scene, especially for a 90s sitcom.
And to us without dads, our favorite dad characters:)
It's ridiculous. Silly 90s sitcom and makes me blubber and sob so much. What a performance
Keep these coming, they are great discussions on what we should have learned from 90s tv, and what we did.
We all chuckled and did nothing at all. Just as we're doing nothing now. We're not even calling for another Timmy
@@YourRealBestFriend wh wh what a g g great awdience.
1:04:16 "The single tear, that's pulling him down, and uncle phil is there to hold him up." Damn that's some good writing.
As a person that was adopted from birth. The moment when after Will's dad leave and he ask "Why don't he want me? " I felt every single emotion and thing he was trying convay. It hit me very deep in heart.
Agree! Adopted at age 5 and that scene always got me.
Blessings to you!💕
I now understand where “Wayne Brady makes Bryant Gumble look like Malcom X” comes from.
I expected him to show that clip! Weird coincidence if he just didn't think or know about it but made the same comparison. I mentioned it in a comment but it got removed... Was it because I gave the name of Paul Mooney's character when he gave that line on Chapelle Show?
@@donnylurch4207 lmfao!! You don’t gotta be “Nostradamus” to see why it got deleted!
@@Bldyiii I guess so! I didn't know that was verboten but, my bad.
"Ah shit, it's Wayne Brady son!" -Mos Def
😂😂😂
"First things first - rest in peace Uncle Phil. For real."
"I want a real love, dark-skinned Aunt Viv love."
that's that ride-or-die love
“ That Jada and that Will lo- “ *actually maybe not* 👀
@@__Babaaaa MAMMA NOOOOO!!!!
🥰🥰🥰
This series was a master class in brilliant character moments. Phil's Mom was just a guest character, and they managed to use her brief time in the spotlight to help us get to know her as well as we already knew the rest of the family. ;D
My parents split up when I was 15. My dad who was my everything took off and didn’t see him much after that. For years I’d only see him at divorce court when his lawyer would pull me and my brother out of school to testify to whatever narrative he was selling that time. The Will Smith scene had teenage me bawling on the couch. It gets me every time. Amazing acting. I just wished I had an uncle Phil to step in. Great analysis, Jose.
So sad
Having this level of talent in the cast of a sitcom was a very rare thing in the 1990s. Will went on to be a superstar and he's like the 4th best actor there.
I mean. The draw of Will Smith was never really his acting talent. It's the Will Smith-yness of it all. Most of his roles are basically the same person, just in different situations & different ages.
THIS!
Seems like he took the title “prince” really well
@@AnaMaria-wt3ix is that true though? He's been in a couple of comedies but a couple of serious roles too. You gonna say that Hitch and Shark Tale feature the same Will as Pursuit of Happiness and Gemini Man?
Tearing up and laughing at the scene with will and his dad because I no longer speak to my father who also happens to be named will Smith
I am so sorry.
@@jonplaud hey, thank you. But it’s really okay. I did everything in my power to make it work without fundamentally changing myself and I have to be content with that. I think I’ll always relate to Will’s anger and resentment but i also have his resolve to move forward. There’s a part of me that will be defined by that frustration, but I get to choose how I move forward. So thank you, genuinely, for your sympathy, but I’ll be okay :)
Will Smith is ur dad😲
Carlton's dance is just pure joy. Never fails to bring a smile to my face.
I can tell you that unfortunately Viola's concerns about her sister marrying a white man in the 90s were NOT uncommon. I got the same well-meaning concern from my family when I married a Korean man, and his family wanted NOTHING to do with me at all. I literally never met them the whole time we were married. This did not help my mother's opinion of the struggles we would face, either. Both sets of parents were largely incorrect about what we ran into, by the way, but the fear and concern was born from all too recent events. The oddest discrimination we ever faced was people appalled that we were not having kids because "Amer-Asian babies are sooooo cute." /facepalm/
But you aren't married anymore?
@@cryguy0000 No, to be fair though the reasons had nothing to do with discrimination.
I'll add to this: When I found out that I was bisexual and told my mother, she was very happy for me and supportive. But she insisted that I shouldn't marry someone of my own gender. Her reasoning was simple: Society isn't built to support gay couples, and I would be inviting bigots into my life. I initially thought she was homophobic or just didn't understand - but she's right.
Does that mean I'll never marry someone of my own gender? No, but the reality is that the longer away from home and the norm I marry, the harder life will be for us.
EDIT: This conversation happened between two white, high-middle class Europeans in 2022 - yet the concern is unfortunately still valid :/
@@nivyan It's a weird feeling to be told "so happy for you" and "but don't do this thing" in the same conversation, isn't it? I feel like these conversations are a hold-over from a different time for some of our parents.
@@abelievingchristian Oof I empathise with your take on that... I felt the same crawling feeling when people would describe which "parts" of me would go best with my husband if we had kids. Like I'm glad that you have a positive intent, but OMG. Ultimately, when it comes to family, I try to see the conversation in terms of them caring for me and wanting to save me from hassle. Logically, it makes no sense to protest (I'm already in love) but they can't help being worried. They just have to trust the process. :D Strangers can go jump in a lake, though... at that point it's just mean. lol
More sitcoms please. it's so good, these videos are drugs.
@IntrepidFinch yeah man these videos are really hitting my wheelhouse of interest. I've watched so many sitcoms that I've always wanted content like this but can never find it anywhere for the most part few exceptions
the roseanne video is one of my all time favs
Yess!! I'm honestly surprised there aren't more channels that do videos like this.
@@pigslaundry5593 Probably because watching a sitcoms takes hours watch.
The fact that even an analysis of the scene with James avery and will Smith still makes me cry shows the impact of this sit com. The hell with him!
As someone who grew up without my dad actively in my life (I know him and we've spoken and been in touch a few times, but it really was mostly like Will's relationship with his father.) That one scene always hit so hard for me because it exactly represented what I wanted to say but for some reason couldn't. I harbored a great resentment for my dad and watching that scene as a 10-12 year old at the time, it was the first time I felt some relief. As if I was the one venting my anger and frustration. I never really was able to talk about those feelings I had but that was the first time I felt understood for some reason. I vividly remember my mom coming into my room because I was sobbing infront of my TV and it became the first time I could speak to my mom about it.
It just goes to show how powerful a message can be..
You said that the interracial marriage episode is out of date but I deal with this convo all the time both with my relationship (me being black and my fiance being white) and my friend's relationship (her being white and her bf being half black half mexican)
Yeah its still a thing even if it doesn't seem like it
So true. My partner is black and when I was pregnant with our baby and we were out together people would stare at us like we were making the baby right in front of them.
Yeah, it's not really out of date for the 90s, my sister and I both got a version of that conversation in the 90s
It’s a shame that it’s still a thing, I always see posts on Twitter or tiktok when there’s a white boyfriend/fiancé involved, they go and attack said boyfriend for not being black or any race, it’s such a shame it’s still not being accepted
I agree, that part of this video seems odd. Defenitly not antiquated and still exists.
Seems to be missing an important part, Willard Smith Jr's tax bill. He owed the IRS and was advised to make money quickly, his manager suggested a TV show.
Yup, that’s what Will Smith said as well.
I don't know why but that scene where Will just breaks down after his father bails on him like that just resonated so deeply with me, even though my own father is with us. (Even though it honestly feels like he isn't, but at least he provides for the family)
I have never seen this show before in my life, but that was the first thing to make me cry in years now... It's a really wonderful preformance.
I love this first lecture from uncle Phil. When he mentioned the bigotry he encountered, it’s like he was Also saying “I dealt and overcome that stuff so that you could run your mouth off”. This was a guy who never once forgot where he came from no matter how well he did for himself. It’s a lesson for all of us to remember our background no matter how well we do
So true
I mean we'll never know for sure what happened, but can you blame Janet for being salty? Older dark-skinned black women have such a hard time in Hollywood as is, and then to be replaced by light-skinned woman was just rubbing salt in the wound.
@IntrepidFinch it hard to say but I could imagine that Will was hesitant as a young black actor to use his position to put pressure on the studio to negotiate better pay for his coworkers he was not that big of a star he had few pophits but no Hollywood career at that time
I've only read into it a little bit but as far as I can tell she was just 'extra' onset. Still can't decide which Aunt Viv I like better though.
It warmed my heart to see them reconcile after that fued had gone on too long
@@sheepwool9319 Also I believe I heard that Will Smith was going broke at the time during his 80s music career, so he had to sign on to the show. I could be wrong.
@@29AndreG he was broke and owed money to the IRS.
Part of why the dads from Fresh Prince and Family Matters were easy to confuse, despite their massive size difference is because the entire show of Family Matters was cast around his height to make him look bigger. They were all tiny. Except then Urkle grew... a LOT and had to progressively exaggerate the way he bends to hide how much he towered over the father.
Yeah after about season 5 or 6 he stopped looking like that little nerdy kid. I think after these few seasons they let him stop bending
Uncle Phil had a lighter skin tone than Carl.
Eddie Winslow wasnt Tiny lol..even bigger than Urkel
Will never get tired of this show. Endlessly quotable, Endlessly funny & Endlessly emotional. A great video for all Fresh Prince fans
I cried like a baby during the Lou episode. I remember calling my dad afterward & he was surprised because I never just called to chat like that. Made me appreciate what I had.
The "clumsy leaps in logic" Viola makes during interracial marriage conversation with Will are actually realistic. Stressed out parents are masters of it. Sidenote: Viola looks waaaay better than I gave her credit for due to the idiocy of my youth. Good work, Jose
You said everything I was thinking
@@Aeviae Glad to hear it, man. Vi was looking fine and quite MILFish
1) I agree that it isn’t unrealistic, though it is a little clumsily written. Logic tends to be a lot more sound in our minds than it is when shared out loud, so Viola just straight up saying, “She isn’t doing what I’m saying, therefore she doesn’t love me,” is a little weird. Again, not unrealistic by any means, just a bit awkward from a writing perspective. I think it’s actually kinda funny, since Will’s response is both realistic and well-written.
2) 100% Viola is just...goddamn
@@supermutantsam1160 1) "Clumsily written" is a better way of putting it. If conversation in film was totally realistic, it would be hard on the ears, lol. The demographic that character represents will relate, but it doesn't translate "Vi"-ably to those unfamiliar.
2) Haha!
When you mentioned code switching wow thank you. But you also missed something about will, is that he was chosen bc he was a “clean rapper” which was super fucking important then. I’m only sixteen minutes in so you could’ve mentioned this later lol but just wanted to point that out.
Edit: when you’ve seen the yt poop of the jail scene too many times to take it seriously ALSO IN THE HOUSE OMG!!!!
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H e n r y f i r t h
@@jasonjean5333 HEY!!! You don't to my wife that way!
I'm Henry Firth.
As Eminem wisely said:
""Will Smith don't gotta cuss in his raps to sell records."
Well, I do, so fuck him and fuck you too!"
@@Darkko88 You think I give a damn about a Grammy?
@@serenitymoon825 Half of you critics can't even stomach me, let alone stand me
Hey Jose, I had to stop the video when you got to the story about wills aunt marrying a white man. I know that it feels very antiquated and in most places it should, but as a white guy who is married to black woman in a predominantly black area with a mixed race child, I have heard all the things expressed by wills mom directed at my wife. I've been called her white knight, she's been told she doesnt respect her parents, that she hates her blackness, that she's only with me for money (which... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!), a lot of these things that are expressed in the 90s still in 2020. It really depends on where you live too. The Midwest isn't very friendly to irrs like ours. We're the outlier. I've noticed more couples like us recently, but we also hear the same stories of glaring by people of both races and the awkwardness of treating our love like it's a fetish. When I heard wills mom, I heard the unsolicited opinion of black people reacting to my own relationship. Just for a little expansion on what is being said. Thank you for this video. It is great.
Does she let you call her the n word when you guys get freaky?
@@WetBoy the fuck? No. Why would I want to?
@@WetBoy no black person (unless their cool with it or are fine as long as it's a joke) would like being called that word, it's massively disrespectful,
@@WetBoy wtf is wrong with you?
@@WetBoy "tell me you have a racism fetish without telling me you have a racism fetish"
Love this one. But I'm still holding out for "The Nanny".
Damn Carlton is *jacked.*
I been waiting for this episode (as well as a retrospective of King of the Hill) for a long while
That would be awesome
I would adore a king of the hill retro
I feel like King of the Hill deserves way more in depth video essays than it gets. 😔
RIP James Avery. We love you, Uncle Phil.
Will's rant about his father after he took off made me cry... because i've gone through that. I'm really happy this exists but god i got errands to run right now i can't be in tears
The episode on interracial relationships is interesting because while Viola takes her apprehension too far, her concerns are 1,000% valid, and continue to be so to this very day. Interracial relationships are *not* the same as intraracial ones and come with more challenges both internally and externally. That doesn't make them inherently bad, but to argue otherwise is naive at best.
But that isn't my problem. If other people have a problem with my relationship, it is there problem. Not mine. I'm not going deny myself a chance of love just because other people won't catch up.
@drosera where it my comment did I blame anyone? The problems with interracial relationships certainly did start because of white people, but I didn't mention anyone in my comment.
@@angelsmusic2560 that has nothing to do with what I said, but power to you
@@TY-oy9bp You wrote the comment and I am allowed to give my 2 cents.
@drosera White people were the ones who made it illegal so...
So I used to work with the infants in a daycare and there was a little girl named Karlee. I called her Karlton and eventually taught her to do the dance on command lol. Of course she did her baby modified version of it, but it was still fun to tell her, "Karlee do the Karlton!" and have her dance lol.
"Leftist antifa enslaves child to dance for their amusement, has antifa gone too far?"
@@uzimyspecial So *that's* how we get the adrenochrome.
This is why you have to choose a child care provider very carefully.
@@uzimyspecial I laughed, and then checked Twitter to see if this was a real conspiracy yet.
"Uncle Phil" a truly wonderful character a piece of family we can all appreciate or wish we had, a good man who doesn't necessarily hold all the right views but is willing to re-examine what he believes when he is shown a flaw in it and correct it
I love Jose's deep dives into 1990's television! I can't wait for the next one.
How do you find Will Smith in a Blizzard? (you look for the fresh prints)
Lol I rly liked this silly pun so came to say so 😸
........................ BWAHHHHAHAHAHAHAHA lol thanks for that.
god this is hilarious
😐
(🤣😂😂🤣)
Very funny
You as someone thst grew up without a biological father and a stepdad that made me feel unwanted, the scene whete his dad leaves kills me.
blame ya mom ..she picked those dudes...sorry to hear about it
Have my love, admittedly some strangers and fleeting. But sincere and well meant nonetheless.
@Smunstu Stinkymonster Ill take the blame
@@BadTV1993 or don't blame anyone, accept the past and move on
@@JarredCarneyOFFICIALBULLDOG good luck in therapy
I love that first lecture. Phil never once thought he was too good for his work or the wealth he worked so hard to achieve
A year later this popped up in my recommendations from RUclips and I'm glad it did, this was well done.
I'll admit too, that scene of Will as Lou was leaving still hits hard. Brought a tear to my eye, it was such a well delivered scene.
That "why don't he want me scene" still gets me every time
I was hopelessly praying you’d make a full Fresh Prince video. I never thought you actually would. I love you.
I cried during the "how come he don't want me, man" scene when i first watched it out of context, when i watched it in context and now when i saw it in this video. jesus, it's such a powerful scene and both will and james avery's acting is impeccable.
edit: uncle phil's worried face just broke me again. makes me want to hug my dad.
This was my favorite show when I was a kid, the cast had brilliant comedic timing. So thankful that all the stars aligned to make this show happen. There has been nothing quite like it before or since.
It work very well
Uncle Phil was Shredder!?!
Holy crap, how'd I miss that.
Had the same experience when I found out that bit of trivia.
It's really obviously him once you know but I never made the connection.
Might be because the character being Asian threw me off
Omg fr! I felt that in my gut! Who knew Uncle Phil had it in him?!
I like how you put it! Uncle Phil was Shredder...
That explains all the turtle soup they ate on set.
You wild late
It's so weird, I've never actively watched any of the shows José has talked about so far, and yet I keep watching these videos for hours and they are so fun xD
Great work man, keep it up.
How you never saw The Fresh Prince?
@@lochofmceo too young?
@@agentc7020 reruns been on basic cable forever
@@lochofmceo I mean true but like, different generations hardly watch what were once considered must watch's.
@@agentc7020 I can’t speak on the younger people but there is some shows that come on so much in reruns that you can watch them by mistake randomly like Seinfeld,friends,everybody loves Raymond etc
"Airing in the 1990's it seems a bit out-of-date then and in 2020 it seems even more antiquated." I am in the same relationship and I can tell you it is not outdated in the slightest. I have had family treat me differently, been yelled at on the street, and been isolated in restaurants even in the cultural melting pot that is Miami. Racism and ignorance will take decades to weed out of the culture and is not a war to be belittle or trivialize. I highly enjoy your videos and the honourable mentions of the difficult topics within each show. However, I would like to highlight that each of the major issues in these shows I promise are still effecting people in major ways even a century after these sitcoms are off the air.
Did you affected throughout ?
I never realized that alfonso was in the michael jackson pepsi commercial, no wonder he's so good at dancing like MJ!
Props for admitting you're Kellogg lol
Quelaag?
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Wtf you doing here
Ugg ug ug
Kellogg was a G tho let's be real
Great video. That was quite a twist at the ending, though; I didn't even know a dark and gritty reboot of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", of all things, was something I wanted, but here we are.
Used to watch this show all the time as a kid. A lot of the racial jokes went over my head back then, but the argument between Will and Cartlon after they got arrested left an impression.
Trevor's "unfortunate accident" - or rather - the most hilarious death scene ever in a sitcom.
While I don't know if I would call it my favorite show of all time, Fresh Prince has a special place in my heart simply because I have a very similar relationship to one of my uncles that Will has to Uncle Phil. The circumstances are different, he lived with my family until I was six when he moved out permanently to be with who now is his wife, and I've stayed in their house a couple of nights. But, like Uncle Phil, he was a hell of a lot more of a father to me than my absentee father ever was. I honestly consider myself lucky that, unlike Will, I've never met the sperm donor that was required for me to be born. If I do end up meeting him now, that's fine, I'm out of childhood, I'm not getting it mixed up.
I will always, if asked who my father was, tell whoever asks me that my mom pulled double duty with the help of my grandma and that my special tio was my father figure. He is my personal Uncle Phil.
Golden Girls, Malcolm in the Middle, and Community would be good ones
Golden Grrrrrrrrrlllsss
I gotta watch golden girls
He kept calling "Nee-Ya Long", "Ny-ya Long, I can tell this is the first time he's ever heard of her.
Wow. That's bad.
It was such a good video and so grating every time he said it!
He's reading someone elses script...
I scrolled the comments to see is somebody noticed this. I thought it would’ve been a top comment lol
@@asia742 Jose pinned a comment at the top with the correction 😉
One thing you seem to have glossed over, was that a large part in Will Smith's decison to do Fresh Prince, was that he was massively in debt to the IRS due to tax evasion.
But one rule: don't overspend that much money.
A new sitcom video from Jose?! Yes!
I’m so glad Janet finally buried the hatchet with will
This show literally taught me how to speak English. I’ll forever be grateful to will Smith!
Same to me. I remember it by heart in Italian since childhood then watched it again in English to learn the language
I am 40 years old and love this show so much, and even after so long, the scene with Will crying and asking Uncle Phil why his father doesn't want him, punches me in the damn gut and makes me cry every single time. Truly an iconic moment in television.
If you want more José, you can watch Maggie Mae Fish's video about "My Octopus Teacher" where José reads a passage.
When Will says “To Hell with him!” in that final scene. That’s where i cry, damn. That rawness. You can hear it.
I loved the original Aunt Viv !!!
Hubert had so much more heart, and I just enjoyed anytime she was on screen.
I felt so spoiled when I saw this upload and it’s length. What’d we do to deserve such an in-depth deep dive of an interesting topic? You’re too good to us, José. I hope you have a beautiful weekend. 🥰
The episode with frank is something that I as a white person sees, if I wanted to date a black woman people would act exactly the same and may even lose family. I’m glad they did it the way they did and those leaps in logic aren’t that off because I’ve heard responses like that before.
James' Shredder is showing when he he says "I know where I come from! " Such a good actor. Gone too soon.
I scrolled through waaaaay too many comments before I saw a Shredder reference...which is what I was looking for. Thank you for being the person that came through.
@@johnnythewalrus I can't believe no one else mentioned it! I know he's Uncle Phil to most people, but to me he and Krang are still stuck in Dimension X lol!
imagine if james avery was alive and he had a cameo where you could pay him to say whatever, imagine james avery saying hes proud of you on your birthday
This was excellent cant wait for your Golden Girls retrospective
First things first rest in peace uncle Phil
In the episode "Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse." That's not acting. That's REAL emotion.
I am really confused by Hubert referencing how the actors on Friends negotiated their contracts together; Hubert was gone from The Fresh Prince before Friends premiered, and the Friends didn't start negotiating together till the third season.
And its not like she could have been thinking of some other show - before Friends every show had some actors getting paid way more than others.
That's why I mentioned the quote is paraphrasing a conversation she had. I suspect she might have said something different at the time. Friends wasn't even on the air during The Fresh Prince of Bel Air's third season.
@@JoseBird did you look more into that hole thing because I vaguely remember that she did a couple of videos that where really strange accusing everybody of different things
13:51 is this what that "Chappelle's Show" line about "Wayne Brady [making] Bryant Gumbel look like Malcolm X" was referencing? LOL
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Thank you for this. I grew up in a small town in Iowa and this was one of my fav shows growing up. It gave me a glimpse into black America while still being relatable and entertaining. Loved this retrospective. I learned even more
"six warning shots to the back" ah
😂😂😂
Honestly I liked the thing about Will constantly repeating pick up lines because I feel I shows the shallowness of womanizing (or like manizing I guess) without being super preachy about it.
I also really like that fan trailer, because it really shows the thing that was just in the background in the show. It showed how fucked Will must've been in his old life. Because, let's be honest, his mum wouldn't send him away like that, thousands of miles, only able to see him once or twice a year, if hadn't been in real real danger. This was more than a fight on a basketball court. And I'd really liked that explored further.
I heard they're actually making the trailer into a real limited series? Don't quote me on that I have to look it up
@@DonkeyBoyVids yeah it's a real thing. Will confirmed it on his RUclips channel.
They actually made the drama version of the fresh prince of Bel-Air. The first episode seemed okay...
They did Janet wrong :(
Still my favourite sitcom of all time.
Janet did herself wrong
@@Skitz0frenix Lol okay e_e
It does go both ways. There is a reason why you don't really see any of the other cast members super tight with her, while getting together with each other. Alfonso Ribeiro was especially open about her behavior on set. That being said, it's good to see Will Smith and Janet Hubert reunite for the upcoming Fresh Prince special.
@@thedefinitionisthis I believe that she wanted more to do, and pushed for a bigger role, but the fact that both men use "nuts" and "crazy" over and over makes me feel like they're disingenuous and hiding their own shit.
@@thedefinitionisthis That being said, I agree about the reunion. I wonder if they'll do what they did with Roseanne, and have both women together in some way :)
I like how the flashback of their "poor" home is bigger than a lot of homes a lot of people in the UK could ever hope to afford.
I've watched this show so much, I know every pause, every infliction every punchline. God what a great show.
This Jose bloke manages to make hour long videos that are interesting to watch from start to finish.
I can't help but respect that.
Incredible video. One of the eye-opening things about learning sociology was how much the conditions around us form our culture: from the basic resources like money, oil, etc. to the things society ascribed important values to like gender, race, class, and so on. The Fresh Prince of Bel Air was a really formative example of the struggles and asynchronous understandings of the world around us, not just in the 90s, but dare I say for likely the rest of society under our current systems. It never occurred to me for so long, all this time I thought it was a funny show with the funny dances and memorable lines (making me think of pillowy mounds of mashed potatoes rn), but since then I've been taken completely aback at how much more I can learn and understand regarding humanity and the systems we create.
This analysis slaps! Thanks!
Jose, between this and your Roseanne reviews, you really are such a magnificent content creator and video essayist, using the form to best of its capacity. Thank you so much for your work and all the insight and entertainment it's given me.
Oh, I wouldn't blame Will Smith for Suicide Squad sucking. If anything, him, Margot Robbie, and the completely underused Ike Barinholtz made the film tolerable.
I don't blame any of the actors, except for Jared Leto a tiny bit. That script was horrific, how could anyone make that work?
Ugh. Can you believe that the writer is blaming Deadpool being successful for the movie getting screwed up? Sure, WB does meddle like hell with their movies and should hastag release ALL the cuts, but the entire movie was screwed up anyway. They didn't need another world ending wannabe Avengers level threat. Joker should have been the main villain and Harley should have had some eternal struggle that would have either ended with her betraying him or betraying the rest of the group. Instead of Joker and Harley being reduced to a Hot Topic merchandising line for teenage girls. And the writer SWEARS there was something like that in the original script, but I doubt enough to save the move from the lame ass generic world ending Boogyman crap. The actors did their best and had as much fun as they could, but the only thing that would have made it worse is if Zach Snyder directed it.
Perfect timing of this upload, I just finished rewatching the series on Netflix the other day.
Harry Whelks LIAR‼️It’s not on Netflix
@@liltree8382 It was when I commented, a month ago.
Harry Whelks What country are you in because in America I haven’t seen it for 4 years on Netflix
@@liltree8382 Australia.